Q&A
Monitoring potential trafficking hotspots during major events
1:39:51
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about monitoring potential trafficking hotspots during major events like the Super Bowl. NYPD representatives explain their approach:
- The entire department focuses on potential trafficking during big events like the Super Bowl or upcoming World Cup
- Hotels are a primary area of concern, especially for identifying minors
- The Child Exploitation Human Trafficking Task Force monitors online postings in areas near major events
- Specific tactics are not detailed for security reasons, but the department uses all available tools to address potential trafficking during these events
Rita Joseph
1:39:51
Okay.
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Thank you.
1:39:52
Well, I just have one last question.
1:39:53
I I read a report not too long ago that the the as count as chair Stevens said, the highest there's always hot spot.
1:40:00
They always say right around Super Bowl is the highest time for human trafficking.
1:40:05
Are you guys keeping your eyes on any particular area in New York?
Carlos Ortiz
1:40:13
Council member, top of my head, I probably wouldn't be able to think of any.
1:40:16
But, again, it's it's also something that the department itself in general, the whole department, whenever those those, situations come, all star games or those big events that were coming, I think we're having the World Cup in a couple years, those are the the times where they really start focusing and and looking at those at those things using every tool and toolbox that we have.
1:40:36
So.
Joseph Picarello
1:40:38
Yeah.
1:40:38
And to piggyback what the chief said, one of the things that we most certainly look at, especially if the Super Bowl, for instance, is gonna be in New Jersey or, you know, close to New York, one of the things that we look at is obviously hotels.
Farah N. Louis
1:40:51
Mhmm.
Joseph Picarello
1:40:51
And that's one of the things that our unit does to start looking for especially minors that are within, you know, posting in Manhattan or, you know, I don't wanna get into too much specifics, but that's one of the things that we do look at.
Rita Joseph
1:41:09
Okay.
1:41:10
Thank you.
1:41:10
Thank you, Charles.